A quiet Greenland roll session

[@BiLatKnee]

Thanks Brian. This video is truly poetry in motion. I love how you mixed down the soundtrack to be present, yet quiet; a great state of mind for rolling. We are building from your designs in Anacortes. On boat #4. Cheers, Dennis and Doug.

[@davidossinger8183]

I've been more interested in canoeing all my life, but this gives me a much better understanding of the paddler's strong connection to the kayak. The boat seemed to move like it was a part of you.

[@waynefatguyinakayak7408]

A proper fitting kayak will do that. Many people think they want a roomy, "comfy" kayak they can sit in and paddle. Ideally you want to have the kayak fit you like a comfortable pair of shoes, like you're wearing it rather than just sitting in it. The amount of control you have with a properly fitting kayak will amaze you. That's why some "performance" kayaks come in different sizes, from low volume to high volume, tailoring the fit of the kayak to the paddler.

[@ilan690]

Beautiful video! Thanks Brian and Liz!

[@nietsr0t]

I never realized greenland rolls could be performed with such elegance! Very nice work!

[@TheAnhard]

Its like a water dance. Magic!

[@jeppesloth9910]

Poetry in motion, truly!

[@CyndiLH]

One of the most beautiful videos that I have seen in a long time...thank you for sharing this personal moment

[@annapopov3410]

You are an inspiration- such grace!

[@gibtsnocheinenfreien]

It is an absolute joy to watch. Everything is so calm, so sublte...

[@88kayak]

Such gratefulness!

[@MrPanchoak]

Thank you. You let us learn, rather than assaulting our ears with metal.

[@richardmason902]

This is a beautiful video. You make rolling look so graceful.-- cheers

[@philipoakley5498]

Worth looking at to reflect on how the styles differ subtlety (and sometime flip) when compared to river/white water kayaking, and which parts are the unchanging mark 1 human limitations on flexibility, poise, strength (or lack of), and how the boat design fits into that. At around 2:00 we can see the benefit of the laid back floating posture (just like swimming on your back with a float under your feet/legs) aided by the low boat coaming profile, and at 2:12 & 2:35 the need to skull as the body/head is that little bit higher in the water and needs support to keep it raised, especially for the latter face down skull - the boat is also further on edge raising the hips and legs out of the water, so the head/body is over hanging past the centre of mass/bouyancy.

[@andywithers592]

I’d really like to try a Greenland paddle. Thanks for this very graceful video.

[@Chris-vw3yc]

Beautiful.. Peaceful Great kayak and rolls.

[@markph0204]

I will hold on to this -- I want to get as smooth and relaxed as you are with all the different rolling styles too!

[@allistairneil8968]

Beautiful. Greenland ballet!

[@mikefamex8405]

Just great!

[@NataliyaKyrkachAntonenko]

Thank you so much for this amazing masterclass!

[@Cgraseck]

Great to see you making videos again! Hope you continue to heal! God Bless, Chris

[@niepowiemjaksienazywam1972]

3:10 A sneaky dab, he thought we wouldn’t notice.

[@fornman]

I see you rolling, but I'm not hating! Good to see you feeling well enough to practice.

[@lucadesmares3698]

so much beauty, amazing !

[@MxBraeWilliams]

What a great video! Your boats are beautiful.

[@danfurkert7887]

Very cool to see you out on the water again! maybe I was the last one to paddle that boat before this, out at Arch Cape...

[@qaannat]

Returned to rolling myself this summer, and mentoring a guy I met on the river who wanted to know. Good stuff. I haven't even watched the video yet, but sure it will be.

[@qaannat]

Hang on a dang minute. You didn't dump any water out of that qajaq but you picked it up like it was empty. Was that edited out? If not, how do you get that kind of seal?

[@capefalconkayak]

I think I might have dumped it out earlier, can't remember

[@ВикторБиловус]

Завораживающее видео. Вы и каяк единое целое!

[@nssdesigns]

Love it... I got to build myself one...

[@jamespatterson1433]

That's some awesome crazy sh_t!

[@jimargeropoulos8309]

Looked like you do it every day

[@micheledelmonaco881]

great, love it

[@7Lance1]

Thank you very much for posting this . It was beautifully meditative to watch and, in a way, more poignant today, two and a half years on and deep into the corona virus fiasco, further complicated with escalating climate change. Let's hope for some positive changes and a return to valuing quality over quantity for which your video could be a metaphor.

[@ptrckmuir]

Amazing rolling. I've just learned the layback roll. How do you stop water from going up your nose. I need to wear a nose clip or I fill up with water. 😖

[@peterweltweit]

tai chi-kayak-yoga. thx, p.

[@Kanoist]

Another great video.....:) I think I need to build one of your kayaks as a rolling kayak! Just because my Five-O-Five (Point 65 N) to wide for rolling.

[@gaio4844]

I could watch this all day! Any chance you teach rolling clinics?

[@capefalconkayak]

Not really, but what I do plan to do is make an video course on rolling and teaching rolling this winter. Rolling is very easy, it just needs to be taught right.

[@davidgough7549]

things to do beautifully for their own sake: rappel spey cast bodysurf roll a kayak

[@NathanBonselaar]

Very nice; almost meditative. Bit of a tangent: Is that the Reed aquatherm tuiliq? How do you like it? Does it fit well with your standard Greenland cockpit coaming or did you need to make any adjustments?

[@capefalconkayak]

Hi Nathan, I need to spend more time with the Reed stuff before I make a judgement. I used their online form with exact measurement for everything and also indicated room for a drysuit underneath. Face and wrists, excellent. Deck, fine but looser than I would like. Room for drysuit, NOPE. I like the fabric and the weight. Neoprene tulips are just too bulky and take forever to dry out.

[@krzysztofgrasssnake]

Wow😍😄🤩

[@notthepainter]

It is good to see that you're healing. Your site was one of the ones that convinced me to, someday, build a skin boat. You make it look so at one with the water here. Which boat are you in here?

[@capefalconkayak]

Healing would be nice. The reality is I am is too sick to function for 3 days every time I touch the water. The boat is my West Greenland kayak, I've got a video coming out soon talking about it!

[@markthomasson5077]

Very sorry to hear. Hope your health has improved

[@loctop]

A real ballet.

[@timlong1462]

I'm not sure how I got on the Greenland kayak train, I clicked 1 video a week ago and YT is only giving my Greenland roll videos. Why are rolls such a huge focus for this style of kayaking? And why are slow "stylish" rolls particularly popular? Whenever I've rolled the goal it to get upright ASAP to avoid rocks or prepare for the next wave generally my rolls happen in rough water. Are these boats so unstable you roll often?

[@capefalconkayak]

Great question. It has to do with the history. Hunting sea mammals from skin on frame kayaks was extremely dangerous. The kayakers had no immersion gear, other than a seal skin jacket which sealed around the cockpit and the water was literally ice cold. In those conditions, a wet exit was a death sentence so they developed dozens and dozens of different rolls to simulate different potential scenarios one might encounter in a hunting accident, and they trained their kids to paddle and roll from a very young age. In addition to the rolling techniques themselves this also trains the nervous system to remain calm in complicated underwater situations, which interestingly has been hugely helpful for me as a whitewater kayaker. When I first started in Whitewater and surf kayaking, if I got knocked over, I would immediately try to return to a set up position and roll up but that only works well if you are actually oriented in the water that way and there is no current pushing against you which is often not the case. When I returned to Whitewater after I damaged my shoulder and spent a couple years working on Greenland skills it was incredible how much more relaxed and oriented I was underwater. It seemed like anything the river threw at me, before I could even get into a set up position. I was already halfway through some type of Greenland roll, and all I need to do was complete the motion, and I was upright again, which saved me a lot of time and also potential exposure to underwater hazards. So, even though the reason these rolls developed no longer exists, they still have powerful applications today.

[@markthomasson5077]

Yoga on water! (Never could persist with yoga, thinking I could do better at this)

[@citicolina]

You look like a samurai showing us how to use a sword.

[@NordicKayaker]

Hey, love your style! Very controlled and zen. That paddle top - is it waterproof?

[@hugejackedman1951]

it's a reed tuiliq

[@N3ur0m4nc3r]

@1:50

[@ЗомбоящикИванов]

Зачем так делать?

[@natamadic]

Ballet.

[@andrewmitchell2313]

Like watching martial artist